Under 19 Cricket

St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa reached the semi-finals of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament as they scored first innings points against their arch rivals Prince of Wales in the quarter-final at Narahenpita on Friday.

Skipper Manuja Chanthuka picked up five wickets to restrict their opponents to 147 runs in the first innings before ending up with a match bag of nine wickets

The Sebs came to the match after having beaten their arch rivals in three different formats of the Battle of the Golds. First, they beat the Cambrians outright in the two-day Big Match. Then they beat Cambrians in the limited overs Big Match and the T20 Big Match. The quarter-final was the ideal opportunity for Cambrians to take sweet revenge and at one stage it looked as if they were ready to do that as they restricted the Sebs to 118 in the second essay. They had a target of 146 runs to chase but were 68 for five wickets when rain ended the match.

Scores

St. Sebastian’s 173 all out in 61.5 overs (Ryan Dissanayaka 32, Koshendra Fernando 39, Tharindu Dilanka 39; Naveen Fernando 3/29, Prince Fernando 2/17,  Achala Perera 4/75) and 118 all out in 40.5 overs (Ryan Dissanayake 26, Vimath Dinsara 53; Prince Fernando 6/46, Rusandu Silva 2/16)

Prince of Wale s 147 all out in 55.3 overs (Sachira Demein 30, Suwas Fernando 37, Oshan de Silva 22, Achala Perera 29; Manuja Chanthuka 5/46, Malintha Silva 2/52) and 68 for 5 in 15 overs (Suwas Fernando 32n.o.; Manuja Chanthuka 4/30)

(RF)